Vikings reached the Americas long before Columbus

New proof confirms Vikings were in North America 500 years before Columbus, sparking questions about why he gets all the credit.

For a long time, many of us were taught that Christopher Columbus was the first person to reach the Americas from across the ocean. But new evidence shows that isn't the whole story. Archaeologists have confirmed that Vikings landed in North America about 500 years before Columbus ever set sail. We have known for a while that Vikings were travelers. They were brave people who took big chances on the open sea. Now, we have solid proof that they made it to the coast of North America centuries before anyone else from Europe. This discovery has many people asking a fair question: If the Viking…